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County of Burgundy
County of Burgundy | |||||
Comté de Bourgogne (fr) Freigrafschaft Burgund (de) |
Part of Upper Burgundy and the Kingdom of Arles, then state of the Holy Roman Empire |
Duchy (left) and County (right) of Burgundy in the 14th century
Capital | Dole | ||||
Government | Principality | ||||
Historical era | |||||
- | Otto-William, Count of Burgundy |
982 | |||
- | Emperor Conrad II, King of Burgundy |
1033 |
- | Duke Philip the Bold, Count of Burgundy |
1384 |
- | Ceded to Habsburgs | 1493 | |||
- | Joined Burgundian Circle |
1512 |
- | Ceded to France | 1678 |
The Free County of Burgundy (French: Franche Comté de Bourgogne; German: Freigrafschaft Burgund) was a medieval county (from 982 to 1678), within the traditional province and modern French region of Franche-Comté, whose very name is still reminiscent of the unusual title of its count: Freigraf ('free count', or franc comte in French, hence the term franc(he) comté for his feudal principality). It should not be confused with the more westerly Duchy of Burgundy, a fiefdom of Francia since 843.
The area once formed part of the Kingdom of the Burgundians, which had been annexed by the Franks in 534 and incorporated into the Kingdom of the Franks. The Empire was partitioned in 843 by the Treaty of Verdun, with the area west of the Saône river being allotted to West Francia as the French Duchy of Burgundy, while the southern and eastern parts of the former Burgundian kingdom fell to Middle Francia under Emperor Lothair I. This Middle Frankish part became the two independent entities of southern Lower in 879 and northern Upper Burgundy under King Rudolph I in 888, of which the County of Burgundy formed the western part.
In 933, with the collapse of the Carolingian Empire, both Lower and Upper Burgundy were re-united under King Rudolph II as the Kingdom of Arles (Arelat), which itself collapsed among feudal anarchy with the extinction of his line in 1032. The Arelat then passed to the Holy Roman Empire when it was inherited by Emperor Conrad II of the Salian dynasty, while the Duchy of Burgundy was re-installed by a cadet branch of the French Capetian dynasty.
In 982, Otto-William, son of Adalbert of Lombardy, Count at Mâcon in the Duchy of Burgundy, received the County of Burgundy from his mother, Gerberga of Dijon. He thereby became the progenitor of the comital Anscarid dynasty, a collateral branch of the Bosonid dukes of Burgundy, descending from Hugh the Black, a 10th-century brother of Duke Rudolph, and from Hugh's brother-in-law Gilbert. In 1002, Otto-William also claimed the Duchy of Burgundy upon the death of his stepfather Duke Henry I. However, the duchy was seized as a reverted fief by King Robert II of France two years later, and he was only able to maintain rule over the Arelat county with his residence at Dole. The development of commercial routes across the Jura and the development of salt mines assured the prosperity of the county, and its towns preserved their freedom and neutrality in feudal conflicts.
At the end of the 11th century Conrad's son Emperor Henry III elevated the Archbishop of Besançon to the dignity of an archchancellor and conferred upon Besançon the rank of a Reichsstadt (imperial city) under the Emperor's direct patronage. Guy of Burgundy, brother of Renaud II, later became pope and negotiated the Concordat of Worms with Emperor Henry V. In the 12th century, Imperial protection allowed for the development of Besançon, but in 1127, after the assassination of William III, his cousin Renaud III shook off the Imperial yoke. Burgundy was from then on called Franche-Comté, the "free county."
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa re-established imperial influence, took prisoner the brother of Count William IV and extended his influence by marrying William IV's niece and heir, Beatrice I, the daughter of Renaud III, when William IV died. Upon Emperor Frederick's death in 1190, his younger son Otto I, received the county of Burgundy and assumed the rare (unique?) title of an archcount. He was succeeded by his daughter, Beatrice II, and her husband Otto I, Duke of Merania; they were in turn followed by their son, Otto III, Count of Burgundy, and their daughter, Adelaide.
The Counts Palatine for many years had to share power with the greater feudal families of the county, notably with the family of Chalon, which was descended from the Stephen III, count of Auxonne, grandson of William IV and Beatrice of Thiern, the heir of the county of Chalon. The authority of the counts was re-established only by the marriage of Hugh of Chalon with Adelaide, the sister and heiress. However, this did not prevent a younger son, John of Chalon-Arlay, from taking control of the vassal states.
Otto IV, son of Hugh and Adelaide, was the last of the feudal counts of Burgundy. He married first the daughter of the Count of Bar, then the grandniece of King Louis IX of France, Countess Mahaut of Artois. This marriage brought the county under French influence. The daughters of Otto IV and Mahaut, Jeanne and Blanche, married respectively Philip V and Charles IV of France, sons of King Philip IV. Jeanne became Queen of France after having been one of the heroines in the Tour de Nesle Affair. In that same affair Blanche was found guilty of adultery and was imprisoned for the rest of her life. These events are retold in the historical novel The Accursed Kings by Maurice Druon.
After quarreling with his barons, and after a new revolt against the French carried out by John of Chalon-Arlay, Otto IV ceded the county to his daughter as a dowry and designated the King of France as administrator of the dowry in 1295. By marrying their daughter and heir Joan, Duke Eudes IV of Burgundy reunited the duchy and the county under his rule, followed by his grandson Duke Philip I. The personal union was again broken after Philip had died without heirs in 1361, when the Duchy of Burgundy was seized as a reverted fief by King John II of France, while the Imperial county was inherited by Philip's great aunt Margaret I, a granddaughter of Count Otto IV. In 1382 she bequeathed her estates to her son Count Louis II of Flanders.
Louis II died in 1384 leaving no male heirs, and the County of Burgundy formed part of the immense dowry of his daughter Margaret, which in 1405 was inherited by her son, the Burgundian duke John the Fearless. The county and the duchy were again ruled in personal union by his descendants from the House of Valois-Burgundy until the death of Duke Charles the Bold at the 1477 Battle of Nancy. His cousin King Louis XI of France immediately occupied the county, fiercely opposed by Archduke Maximilian I of Habsburg, the husband of Charles' daughter Mary the Rich. Though defeated at the 1479 Battle of Guinegate, the French retained the county until Louis' successor King Charles VIII of France, wishing to be free of conflicts over the county in order to intervene in Naples, again ceded it to Emperor Maximilian and his son Philip I of Castile by the 1493 Treaty of Senlis.
With the Netherlands, the County of Burgundy was held by Habsburg Spain until it was finally incorporated into France by the Treaty of Nijmegen in 1678.
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- The History Files: Frankish Kingdom of Burgundy
- Former principalities
- Former countries in Europe
- States of the Holy Roman Empire
- States and territories established in 982
- States and territories disestablished in 1678
- 1678 disestablishments
- States and territories established in 867
- Medieval France
- History of Franche-Comté
- Counties of the Holy Roman Empire
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Review
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is releasing in a somewhat unenviable position. After controversy surrounding the last game and a generally lukewarm response from critics, some were surprised that a second game was greenlit so quickly. It's good then that Dog Days makes such a strong first impression, with its handheld video style visuals and the return of the violent, mature themes that defined Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. But what everyone wants to know is whether Dog Days solves the problems that plagued Dead Men: the dodgy controls, the story that fell apart, the lack of online co-op, and more. To a degree, it does, but issues remain in IO's tale of criminals in a desperate situation.
More Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days News & Previews Dog Days is a considerably streamlined affair in comparison to the first game. There are no more heists, not much in the way of stealth missions, hell, there's not even much variety in the whys of what you're doing. You're pretty much always shooting and moving forward. In a way, this is refreshing - that other stuff was not executed well in the last game.
Of course, the flaw there is increased repetition. The shooting mechanic in Dog Days is more functional than it was in Dead Men, but it still feels a little behind the times in comparison to third person shooters in 2010, and the cover system still frustrates as much as it helps. This is compounded by weapons that have been hobbled in effectiveness by IO's desire to make them feel more realistic. Guns early in the game are inaccurate pieces of junk, and you'll spend as much time looking for better guns as you will your plan of attack. This is more a problem for you than the enemies you'll face, as Dog Days is one of the few games I've ever played where fodder opponents take more punishment than the player can.
The real draw of Kane & Lynch 2 is the story and presentation. At this point, you probably know about Dog Days' particular presentation style, evoking user created video content on sites like Youtube. However, the influence of modern and classic crime thrillers is also omni-present. Similar to the tonal similarities the original Kane & Lynch game shared with the film Heat, Dog Days evokes films like Collateral and The Departed.
Where the original game's narrative collapsed under its own weight about halfway through, Dog Days actually holds itself together remarkably well. It's rare that a game can make you flinch. Jump scares, sure. They're easy, and movies have made us all numb to them after the initial shock. But for a game to really crawl under your skin, to sit there and disturb you, where you'll watch awkwardly as a character sobs like everything has been taken from them, because it has, that's... unexpected. I'm unaccustomed to a game taking story seriously enough that it can actually be criticized for expending its emotional payload too early, or for descending so far into nihilistic violence that I felt like I needed to come up for air sometimes.
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[Dave Vondle] from IDEO Labs sent in the large LED pixel wall he built using BlinkM modules, an Arduino, and Flash to control it. The overall result is a blindingly bright, large, public display for people to interact with. The best part about the project is that [Dave Vondle] documents everything; from hardware to schematics to source code. Unfortunately, he was forced to remove the wall due to construction, but since every part of the project is open source, it lends itself to be easily recreated. I'm sure we'd all like to see a wireless controller hookup to play pong on the streets of Chicago.
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Ouuuchhh…126 BlinkMs? So expensive…and he's just controlling them manually, not using the BlinkM internal scripting which is their main strength. I'm totally biased since I make and sell ShiftBrites, but they use the same LED and would have cost about $471 instead of $1300. The guys at metalab.at actually made a similar glass brick wall with ShiftBrites: http://www.vimeo.com/5714761
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I want to build something like this for Autistic niece and nephew.What are ShiftBrites?
How easy or hard would it be to build?Thanks
Those shiftbrites are cool to know about. I wanted to have everything on a data bus so I could make the electrical grid the mechanical structure as well. Also since the wall is so big it is nice to have the ability to only update the pixels that needed to be updated.
Not every part of the project is open source! The BlinkM firmware is closed. I do not have anything at all against ThingM on this point (A licensing issue, I understand), but I did want to mention that I recently got involved with the CYZ_RGB project that Matteo Caprari started a couple years ago to produce functionally equivalent open source firmware for the BlinkM board.
CYZ_RGB has languished for a while, but I recently got involved and completed a port of CYZ_RGB to the ATTINY44 used in the BlinkM MaxM. I am currently in the process of enhancing the MaxM port to support 16 bit hardware PWM with logarithmic power output during dimming (to give brightness output that appears linear), and hopefully I'll be able to add some other neat tricks too that are not present in the shipped firmware, such as light script enhancements.
Hi. I'm one of the guys who makes BlinkMs. I agree that shiftbrites are great for making large LED arrays, but what Dave is doing that IS much easier with BlinkMs is that he's letting each individual unit do its own fading. That way, he has to send much less data to get each individual unit to fade from color to color. His hardware only has to send a color and a fade time and let the BlinkM do the hard work of interpolating between two colors and smoothly fading between them. That requires much less bandwidth and lets him address individual pixels in the array without keeping track of what's in the rest of the array. Also, because he was buying such a large quantity, we gave him a discount, which we'll offer to anyone else who's buying that many. Send a note to firstname.lastname@example.com if you're interested.
Also, fwiw, John's doing great stuff with the cyz_rgb project. We will continue to ship BlinkMs with our own firmware, but if you're comfortable with an AVR programmer and embedded systems programming, we encourage you to take a look at that project.
holy crap, i live in chicago….id like to check this out sometime…
is it always on? logan square aint far from me!
ideo labs, do you guys have a hackerspace goin on up there? would be cool if there was one in chicago somewhere…
what anyone can do for 20 engineer can do for 2
leds, check
arduino, check
extra points for blinkm
this is a hackand it's actually pretty neat.
I can see one cool thing with this…giant tetris. : D
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Joseph Stefano
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Born | Joseph William Stefano May 5, 1922 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Joseph William Stefano (May 5, 1922 – August 25, 2006) was an American screenwriter, known to genre fans for adapting Robert Bloch's novel for Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho and for being the producer and co-writer of the Outer Limits TV series.[1][2]
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As a teenager, Stefano was so keen to become an actor that he dropped out of high school two weeks before graduation and traveled to New York City. In Manhattan he adopted the stage name Jerry Stevens.
But Stefano's initial career was as a composer of pop music in the 1940s, writing songs for Las Vegas showman Donn Arden. In possession of a large collection of sheet music, he once spent five hours challenging pianist Michael Feinstein on names of obscure Tin Pan Alley songs.
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Stefano began writing movie scripts in the late 1950s, firstly for Martin Ritt with The Black Orchid (1958); his father was a tailor, and his mother made silk flowers and this was an influence on the screenplay.
In 1960, Stefano was commissioned by Alfred Hitchcock to adapt Robert Bloch's novel Psycho for the screen. His work was recognized by the Mystery Writers of America when he was given a 1961 Edgar Award, for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. Stefano appears briefly onscreen discussing Bloch's utilization of the basis of the character Norman Bates in the crimes of serial killer Ed Gein in the documentary "Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield", which can be found on Disc 2 of the DVD release of the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Stefano was also offered the job of scripting Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964), but was already committed to produce and write for his friend Leslie Stevens' science fiction television anthology series The Outer Limits. Both Stefano and Stevens were involved only during the first season of the show. In the book Writing with Hitchcock, Stefano said that Hitchcock held a grudge over his being unavailable to write the screenplay for Marnie.
After leaving the series due to network interference and exhaustion, Stefano wrote and directed The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964; aka The Haunted), a film utilizing many of the crew responsible for The Outer Limits. The thriller Eye of the Cat (1969) and the comedy Futz! (1969) (co-written by Rochelle Owens) were Stefano's last big-screen jobs for many years. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he wrote many made-for-TV movies, such as Home for the Holidays (1972), and Snowbeast (1977). Stefano also wrote one episode for the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation entitled "Skin of Evil". Stefano was one of the Guests of Honor at the 1974 NY Telefantasy Convention (along with Noel Neill, Jim Danforth and William Tuttle), and spent hours signing autographs for hundreds of Outer Limits fans. At the show, he expressed his surprise that so many people still remembered the series almost a decade after its cancellation, little realizing that almost 50 years later, the show would still be considered a milestone in TV science-fiction.
In 1990, he revisited the characters from Psycho with the TV movie script for the last sequel, actually a prequel, in what he believed had become an increasingly disappointing series of films. Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) interestingly posits the origins of Norman Bates' destructive mother-love, featuring Olivia Hussey as Mrs. Bates. Stefano wrote and executive produced the Al Pacino drama Two Bits (1995; aka A Day to Remember), a personal project that fared poorly at the box-office and with critics, leaving Stefano less than enthusiastic about continuing to write for modern Hollywood. Gus Van Sant's remake of Psycho (1998) followed Stefano's script punctiliously, and in the 2012 biopic Hitchcock, about the making of Psycho, he is portrayed by Ralph Macchio.
Stefano died of a heart attack at Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks, California, in 2006.
The Outer Limits[edit]
Stefano was a producer for the first season of The Outer Limits and wrote a total of 12 episodes. They are:
- "Nightmare"
- "It Crawled Out of the Woodwork"
- "The Zanti Misfits"
- "The Mice" (teleplay)
- "Don't Open Till Doomsday"
- "The Invisibles"
- "The Bellero Shield" (story & teleplay)
- "Moonstone" (story)
- "Fun and Games" (teleplay)
- "A Feasibility Study"
- "The Chameleon" (story)
- "The Forms of Things Unknown"
The last episode was originally a pilot for a proposed TV series called The Unknown, but after ABC rejected it, Stefano reworked it as the season one finale.
- ^ "Joseph Stefano, 84, Screenwriter for 'Psycho' and Television, Dies". The New York Times. 2006-08-31.
- ^ Bernstein, Adam (2006-08-30). "Joseph Stefano; Key Writer for 'Psycho'". The Washington Post.
External links[edit]
- Joseph Stefano - Psycho Screenwriter Interview
- Joseph Stefano at the Internet Movie Database
- Joseph Stefano at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)


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Spotlight Interview with Tarek Saab, Lionheart Apparel
By Lisa M. Hendey
If you watch television, and particularly reality television, you may remember Tarek Saab as the sometimes-maligned �MENSA� member on Donald Trump�s show, The Apprentice 5. Although he didn�t win the big job, Tarek appears to have gone on to bigger and better things with his new enterprise Lionheart Apparel. Along with business partner David Colletti, this Maronite Catholic has created an exciting new line of apparel designed at encouraging �men to identify with their Christian beliefs through what they wear�. One look at the Lionheart web site reveals clothing designs that are both cool and classy. Catholics will find many familiar symbols gracing the t-shirts and hats, but the art is in the subtlety of the designs. I�m looking forward to seeing my fifteen year old son in the triquetra symbol shirt with its �Be Perfect� message. When you visit www.lionheartapparel.com you�ll find that along with your basic product descriptions, each design also includes a description of the symbol and an accompanying verse from scripture.
Saab and Colletti are about more than just creating shirts with Lionheart. Their goal is to help men make a statement �to declare their Christian beliefs to the world without saying a word�. Their business model includes selling only �sweatshop free� products and giving 10% of all proceeds to charity. Plans for their enterprise include a men�s magazine and a line of clothing for women.
I had the opportunity to catch up with Tarek Saab recently and am pleased to share his comments on Lionheart, reality television, and raising Godly young men.
Q: Tarek Saab, CEO of Lionheart Apparel, thanks for your time and participation in this CatholicMom.com Spotlight. Would you please start off by telling our readers a bit about yourself and your own faith background?
A: Well, I am a Maronite Catholic from New Bedford, Massachusetts. (For those who are unfamiliar with the term "Maronite", it's the name for the Lebanese Catholic Church. It's named after St. Maron). I grew up in a small local parish called Our Lady of Purgatory where I served as an altar boy for about ten years. My faith has always been extremely important to me, and even as I encountered the inevitable rough patches in college, I never strayed too far from my core belief in God. The older I get, the more I realize how far away I am from the guy I want to be. If you read a book about any saint you start to realize just what it means to be truly committed to your faith!
Q: Before we talk about your new enterprise, I have to take a moment to ask you about your experience as a contestant on "The Apprentice". As a man of faith, did you find your experience with reality television to be a challenge or an opportunity with regards to living out your faith journey?
A: That's a good question, because a lot of people have commented about how the show encourages greed and the yearning for material possessions. Donald Trump isn't the most morally upstanding guy, either. I don't really have a great answer other than to say I always viewed the experience as nothing more than a game show - a sophisticated game show about business. The truth is, I never really had a burning desire to work for Trump. I saw the opportunity as a great way to open up doors. I prayed a lot during my time on the show, because I knew it would change my life. I said a rosary before every boardroom. I wondered what God had in store for me, how I ended up on the show. The most obvious pitfall is having delusions of grandeur - getting caught up in the fame. But if you can stay humble through the experience, you have an opportunity to touch a lot of people. Hopefully we're doing that to a small degree with Lionheart Apparel.
Q: Please tell our readers about Lionheart Apparel. How did the company get its start and what is your mission for Lionheart?
A: I have a close group of friends from college who are all athletic, intelligent, Catholic men, and one of the topics we inevitably discuss when we get together is the lack of strong masculine presence in the Church today. If you walk into most parishes, it's rare that you'll find a very large number of men. That hasn't always been the case. It's as though Catholic men have lost their identity, and for the men who are still vocal about their faith, they feel like they're one in a million.
My business partner, David Colletti, and I decided to start a Christian clothing line with the mission to inspire Christian men to make a strong statement about their identity through their clothing. The designs are not overt. We use Christian symbols representing a variety of things, from Jesus to St. John the Baptist, to the trinity. Some of the symbols are common, some are not so common. The idea is that the shirts and hats will be a reminder of what's truly important, that they will be good conversation starters, and that they will bring Christian men together.
Q: I see that a portion of your proceeds go to charities. Could you tell us more about why you're doing this and about the charities you are supporting through Lionheart?
A: We donate ten percent of our profits to two Pro-life Charities - Human Life International and the Catholic Pro-life Committee. As I said earlier, the company is about more than just selling t-shirts and hats. We want to help create a picture of what manhood is all about. As the saying goes, "clothes don't make the man." We believe that's true. It's all about our actions, and we think we are setting a great example by taking a strong stand against abortion. Hopefully, if guys see that Lionheart Apparel will defend innocent life in lieu of sales and in spite of criticism, maybe they will be more courageous individually. As men, we are hardwired to defend innocent life at all costs, even at the risk of our own lives. It's what makes us men. Sadly, many have lost touch with reality.
Q: What makes the message of your apparel so special? Also, can you say a word or two about your production policies?
A: Our company slogan is "Identify Yourself." We think that men can make a strong statement through what they wear. Though the designs are simple and subtle, they are deep in meaning. We want guys to wear the clothing as a reflection and a reminder of who they are.
As a religious company, we have a policy against sourcing products from China or any other country where there is known religious oppression. It affects the bottom line, but it's important that we stay true to our principles.
Q: For Catholic parents reading this interview, what type of advice would you give to parents looking to help their sons grow into Godly men? Who were some of your role models growing up and how did they help you to become the type of man you are today?
A: The best role models are the saints. The writings of Augustine and Aquinas are as fresh as they were hundreds of years ago. As a teenager, I looked at St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Louis and St. Francis as men I wanted to emulate.
Parents need to live up to the responsibility of being role models at home. The old expression "Do as I say, not as I do" just doesn't fly. We learn so much from our parents, and that education isn't always communicated verbally. The greatest lesson we can teach is the importance of detachment from our material possessions and from an overabundance of stimuli. In an entertainment-driven culture, we are constantly searching for bright lights and big sounds. We're afraid of silence. The greatest thing you can do for your family is to remove the one-eyed monster - your television. If hearing those words gives you cardiac arrest because you can't stand to live without your Cosby reruns, then your children will suffer.
Q: Which of the designs is your own personal favorite and what type of feedback are you getting on your products?
A: The feedback has been overwhelming, and all the designs have been very well-received. Hopefully that will translate into some sales for us. My personal favorite is the Marian Monogram with the saying "Mirror of Justice." It's just a cool design. They're all kind of like my babies, though, so it's tough to pick. We will release the symbols for St. Peter and St. Paul in the next couple of months, and they are just incredible. I can't wait for those!
Q: Tarek, I loved my visit to your website at www.LionheartApparel.com - what are some of your goals for the site as a compliment to your product line?
A: In keeping with the spirit of the company, there are two sections of our website that are devoted to promoting Christian manhood. One is "The Lion's Den". On a weekly basis, we ask a notable author to write an editorial for us on various topics related to manhood. My partner and I wrote the first two, and the next one is from Kevin Vost, the author of "Memorize the Faith." The other section is called "Man of the Month." Each month we select a Christian athlete/actor/artist in the public eye, and we interview him about the challenges of being a Christian man in the world today. It's a great place to find good role models.
Q: Tarek Saab, thanks so much for your time and participation in this interview. Are there any additional thoughts or comments you'd like to share with our readers?
A: Well since you asked, I'd love to put in a shameless plug for my new book entitled "GUT CHECK: Confronting Love, Work, and Manhood in Your Twenties." It will be released in the Spring of 2007 through Spence Publishing. If you want a reminder, shoot me an e-mail at: email@example.com. It'll be a great handbook for the high school or college grad. God bless!
For more information on Lionheart Apparel visit www.lionheartapparel.com.
Lisa M. Hendey is a mother of two sons, webmaster of numerous web sites, including http://www.catholicmom.com and http://www.christiancoloring.com,. Visit her at http://www.lisahendey.com for more information.
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Very nice place, good location close to metro! Exactly 'cozy and sunny' like it was said. Thank you Natalia!
Nathalia sure is a wonderful, cultivated and intelligent young lady, and her room ¨looked just like on the picure. Nathalia was not much around but always had time for a chat or for good advises concerning the city and visits. The room mates were not much around, we only met one young guy also very friendly. Neighborhood quite safe even at night time. My only concern was about the cleenness of the appartment, although Nathalia is very busy with her studies which I fully understand, she should pay attention to rent a clean space not only room to hosts.
very nice stay for me. the bed is comfortable and the room is same as the pictures. Natalia provides good and useful advises though she s not around. her roommates are very friendly, and safe neighborhood as well. But not quiet easy to find a parking place though it's free. However, it's really a good experience to stay in Natalia's apt.
My stay was awesome!!! As the bedroom is in the pictures, that's how you're going to find it, the bed is so comfortable that you will sleep better than in your own bed .... Natalia, is a lovely person, even though she was out of town when I arrived, she left everything fixed ... His roomies are also very nice people ... You should definitely staying here!!!!
We were very well during all the stay in Natalia's room. It was very-very cozy and calm and comfortable. I can confirm that all good opinions said in other reviews here are true :)
Natalia was a very nice host and it was a pleasure to chat with her. The room is very clean (also no NYC-bed bugs ;) ) and comfy and the next subway, laundry and supermarket is around the corner. Natalia organized our arrival perfectly, even though she was not in town that day. We will highly recommend that room as affortable and authentic accomodation in the heart of the greatest city in the world.
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Union Force Binding Problems
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I just want to give you guys a heads up if your planning on getting this bindings. This are my first bindings and maybe my last if Union don't pay attention to their design. All in all i like the bindings itself but the bits and pieces that comes with it not so much. http://jeffocampo.com/wp-content/gal...nion-force.jpg The plastic trim on one of the bindings always pops off everytime i drop my board on the ground to get rid of the snow on my board. And the small union square logo is already missing. Easy fix right? nothing a glue or double sided tape can't fix. but come on now why would i have to do this in the first place. I got this bindings brand new, I will record a video once i hit the slopes this Friday. |
Its common. It's cosmetic. They changed it for next year. End of thread.
I think the OP brings up a good point. It is something I've thought about recently. It is not something limited to one company or one type of product. I've had a couple pairs of bindings where small cosmetic things have come off or broken after one or two uses. And a few boots too. I know. Shut up an ride, but it is irritating to pay at least a couple hundred bucks, or more, for something to have things fall off from normal use. Hell, just keep it simple and charge a little less for the product.
You're bitching about a useless piece of plastic that you don't think should be put there in the first place.
It serves no function. You ride them, not admire them from afar, so what's the problem? |
Meh, ill continue to buy and ride unions.....those who care more about the performance/feel rather then cosmetics will also not care. Unions a great company and makes great bindings, im sure they'll chime in here personaly soon.
As a general point it's a fair complaint. It's not just about a cosmetic problem, it's something not working the way it should, which tends to leave doubt about the parts that DO need to work. It also may affect resale value. Parts just falling off bindings is not a good thing... To just dismiss it as "it's only cosmetic, if you cared more about performance it wouldn't matter" is unfair. Yes, the fact they are fixing the problem going forward means it's not going to be an on-going issue and yes, it's not a major issue. But that still means there is something which was wrong being fixed...
Are they the exact model/year as the ones you posted? |
Oh by the way check out my bindings they're Unions i'll show you the logo. "oh $hit it fell somewhere" it's like telling someone i have a gucci bag w/o the logo in it. |
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